diff --git a/sys/nvenc/gstnvbaseenc.c b/sys/nvenc/gstnvbaseenc.c
index 7dd7a46814..9160755422 100644
--- a/sys/nvenc/gstnvbaseenc.c
+++ b/sys/nvenc/gstnvbaseenc.c
@@ -1099,6 +1099,7 @@ gst_nv_base_enc_set_format (GstVideoEncoder * enc, GstVideoCodecState * state)
   NV_ENC_INITIALIZE_PARAMS *params;
   NV_ENC_PRESET_CONFIG preset_config = { 0, };
   NVENCSTATUS nv_ret;
+  gint dar_n, dar_d;
 
   g_atomic_int_set (&nvenc->reconfig, FALSE);
 
@@ -1206,6 +1207,14 @@ gst_nv_base_enc_set_format (GstVideoEncoder * enc, GstVideoCodecState * state)
     GST_FIXME_OBJECT (nvenc, "variable framerate");
   }
 
+  if (gst_util_fraction_multiply (GST_VIDEO_INFO_WIDTH (info),
+          GST_VIDEO_INFO_HEIGHT (info), GST_VIDEO_INFO_PAR_N (info),
+          GST_VIDEO_INFO_PAR_D (info), &dar_n, &dar_d) && dar_n > 0
+      && dar_d > 0) {
+    params->darWidth = dar_n;
+    params->darHeight = dar_d;
+  }
+
   if (nvenc->rate_control_mode != GST_NV_RC_MODE_DEFAULT) {
     params->encodeConfig->rcParams.rateControlMode =
         _rc_mode_to_nv (nvenc->rate_control_mode);